Preventative Maintenance for Forklift Batteries
Viking Power, Shoppa’s energy solution provider, meets your energy needs with 24/7 on-call service and preventative maintenance plans to help protect your equipment investment. We focus on preventative maintenance to minimize the likelihood of equipment failure when you need it most.
Preventative Maintenance Service Levels
Viking Power focuses on preventative maintenance to minimize the likelihood of equipment failure when you need it most.
Battery PM
- Record voltage reading
- Record specific gravity
- Check electrolyte and water
- Visual inspection
- Inspect single point watering system (spw)
- Inspect cables, contacts, housing, cell tops, intercell connectors, and accessories
- Provide comprehensive report of findings
Charger PM
- Record voltage reading
- Record specific gravity
- Check electrolyte and water
- Visual inspection
- Inspect single point watering system (spw)
- Inspect cables, contacts, housing, cell tops, intercell connectors, and accessories
- Provide comprehensive report of findings
Battery Wash
- Record voltage reading
- Record specific gravity
- Check electrolyte and water
- Visual inspection
- Inspect single point watering system (spw)
- Inspect cables, contacts, housing, cell tops, intercell connectors, and accessories
- Provide comprehensive report of findings
Weekly Watering
- Record voltage reading
- Record specific gravity
- Check electrolyte and water
- Visual inspection
- Inspect single point watering system (spw)
- Inspect cables, contacts, housing, cell tops, intercell connectors, and accessories
- Provide comprehensive report of findings
Bi-Weekly Watering
- Record voltage reading
- Record specific gravity
- Check electrolyte and water
- Visual inspection
- Inspect single point watering system (spw)
- Inspect cables, contacts, housing, cell tops, intercell connectors, and accessories
- Provide comprehensive report of findings
Importance of Preventative Maintenance
During the charge and discharge cycles of Forklift batteries, sulphate crystals gradually build up on the lead plates within each cell, negatively affecting the life and run times associated with the battery. The chemical reaction between the acid and the lead plates that produces the energy to run the forkliftis effectively suffocated, resulting in a much lower running time of the battery, meaning less productivity, and added charging costs. This sulphation process is sped up considerably due to poor maintenance and battery watering, a common problem with many forklift batteries.
